Program Description

The Gender and Sexuality Studies minor fosters a broad interdisciplinary investigation of how gender and sexuality structure our lives, ideas, and institutions. Incorporating both practical and theoretical approaches to understanding, students will examine the extent to which gender and sexuality are socially influenced, while also considering their significance in relation to each other and with regard to various intersections, such as race, class and ethnicity. Courses in the minor range widely in focus and content. However, what these courses share is a recognition of the ways in which gender and sexuality function as part of a dynamic system, one that shapes identity, structures knowledge, and determines the distribution of social and political power.

Program Highlights

Degree: N/A

Required Credits: 15

School: School of Physical Education, Leadership and Sports Performance 

Department: Physical Education and Health Education

Modality: On-Ground

Locations: Main Campus (Springfield)

Additional Information: N/A

Undergraduate Curriculum Overview

The Academic Advising Center provides the following repositories of sequencing and curriculum guides for all undergraduate majors and minors to assist with course planning:  

• Sequencing Guides - Majors 
• Sequencing Guides - Minors

Additional Notes:

• There may be circumstances where credit totals do not reflect coursework that is eligible to count towards Core Curriculum and Major Requirement sections of a major simultaneously.
• Degree requirements are subject to change. 

I. Minor Requirements (15 credits)

Select 15 credits from the following list:

• ARTS 221 - Women Artists in History Credits: 3
• CRIM 215 - Gender, Race, and Crime Credits: 3
• CRIM 315 - Women and Crime Credits: 3
• ENGL 237 - Bikes, Bars, and a Revolution: 20th Century LGBTQ* Activism Credits: 3
• ENGL 245 - LGBTQ Literature Credits: 3
• ENGL 275 - Women and Literature Credits: 3
• HLTH 355 - Human Sexuality Credits: 3
• HLTH 530 - Women’s Health Issues Credits: 3
• PSYC 240 - Psychology of Sexual Behavior Credits: 3
• RELI 240 - Religion & Gender Credits: 3
• SOCI 312 - Genders in Society Credits: 3